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| TOURISM NUMBERS IN JANUARY UP |
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WENGNews writes, "DESPITE THE RECENT ECONOMIC NEWS, HIGHER GAS PRICES AND THE HOUSING SLUMP, IT APPEARS TOURISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE SOUTHWEST PLEX. SOME OF THE NUMBERS RELEASED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE VISITING, AND APPARENTLY SPENDING PLENTY OF DOUGH WHILE HERE. SARASOTA COUNTY SET A RECORD FOR BED TAX REVENUES IN THE MONTH, COLLECTING MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION DOLLARS, WHILE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHOWED A NEARLY ELEVEN PERCENT INCREASED IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY OVER LAST YEAR, AS THEY COLLECTED OVER $150,000 THEMSELVES. SOME OF THE FACTORS FOR THE INCREASE INCLUDE THE WEAK DOLLAR ABROAD, WHICH HAS PEOPLE UP NORTH LOOKING HERE, ESPECIALLY CANADIANS, WHO HAVEN’T SEEN THEIR DOLLAR AS STRONG AS IT IS IN THE US IN THEIR LIFETIMES. NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY THOU, AS IT APPEARS PEOPLE ARE BEING A BIT SMARTER WITH THEIR MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO LODGING, AS MOST OF THE MAJOR HOTEL CHAINS ARE SHOWING OCCUPANCY DECLINES SO FAR THIS YEAR. "
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 06:10am.
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